JSS: So Tired of Black Friday-- That 70s Music on the Drive-- First Christmas Radio, Now Christmas TV?-- Christmas Toilet Paper?

JSS--  Just Some Stuff.

1.  SO TIRED OF BLACK FRIDAY--  I will be so glad when today is over.  For the last that is just about all I've been hearing.  Black Friday, Black Friday, Black Friday.  Give me a break.  And, we didn't even go out of the house so you wasted all that advertising money on us.

2.  THAT 70S MUSIC ON THE DRIVE--  In case you really like the music from the 1970s, Chicago's  WDRV 97.1 FM the Drive, is playing music from 1976 today.  Tomorrow its 1977 and Sunday 1978.  It streams.

3. FIRST CHRISTMAS RADIO, NOW CHRISTMAS TV?--  Of course, some of the Christmas radio stations fired up on Nov. 1 and all are going now.  Now, we have two cable channels showing pretty much nothing but Christmas movies.  Lifetime and Hallmark.  I've heard that most of these movies have pretty much the same plot.  I haven't seen any yet, but might just have to watch some to make up my mind on them.

4.  CHRISTMAS TOILET PAPER?--  And this pushes the boundaries a bit much.  Charmin even has a Christmas toilet paper song.  We've sure come a long way since "Please don't squeeze the Charmin."

Too Much, Man.  --RoadTP

DID YOU KNOW:  Tigers also have striped skin, not just striped fur.

Going Back to the Summer of 1978-- Part 13: "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"

From the September 2, 2018, WDRV Rock and Roll Roots, 97.1 FM, Bob Stroud.

ROLL WITH THE CHANGES--  REO Speedwagon
KING TUT--  Steve Martin
WHO ARE YOU--  Who

THERE'S NO WAY OUT OF HERE--  David Gilmour
JAMIE'S CRYING--  Aerosmith
LOVE WILL FIND A WAY--  Pablo Cruise

BLUE COLLAR MAN--  Styx
TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD--  Meatloaf
MISS YOU--  Rolling Stones

GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE--  Earth, Wind & Fire
FEELIN' SATISFIED--  Boston

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Born In Arizona, Moved To Babylonia."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

THE FOUR STAGES OF GROWING OLD:  You believe in Santa Claus, you don't believe in Santa Claus, you are Santa Claus, you look like Santa Claus.

"King Tut"

Going Back to Summer 1978-- Part 12:"Old Time Rock and Roll"

From September 2, 2018, Rock and Roll Roots, WDRV, 97.1 FM, Bob Stroud.

I NEED TO KNOW--  Tom Petty
DREADLOCK HOLIDAY--  10 CC    Reggae anyone?  I was just becoming aware of this great music.
OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL--  Bob Seger   As a deejay, I sure got tired of this song.

PROVE IT ALL NIGHT--  Bruce Springsteen
HOT BLOODED--  Foreigner
ONLY YOU CAN ROCK ME--  UFO

RUNAWAY--  Jefferson Starship
STEPPIN' INTO A SLIDE ZONE--  Moody Blues
FOLLOW YOU, FOLLOW ME--  Genesis

MAGNET AND STEEL--  Walter Egan

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Got A Fever Of a Hundred and Three."  Answer below.  --RoadDog



"Hot Blooded"

Going Back to the Summer of 1978-- Part 11: "Right Down the Line"

This past Sunday, September 2, 2918, Bob Stroud went back 40 years to the music we were listening to Labor Day weekend, 1978.

SURRENDER--  Cheap Trick
KISS YOU ALL OVER--  Exile
JUST WHAT I NEEDED--  Cars

RIGHT DOWN THE LINE-- Gerry Rafferty
SHATTERED--  Rolling Stones
MY ANGEL BABY--  Toby Beau

SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR--  Jimmy Buffett
THE POWER OF GOLD--  Dan Fogelberg and Tim Weisman
ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG--  Billy Joel

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "AS A Dreamer Of Dreams And A Travelin' Man."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

ABOUT GROWING OLD:  (From the September 1, 2017, Orange Peel Gazette)    Growing od is mandatory; growing up is optional.



"Son Of A Son Of A Sailor"

Going Back to the Summer of 1978-- Part 10: "Miss You"

These were the songs your radio and in your record collection August 5, 1978.  Forty years ago for those of you counting.  (Hey, that's close to a half century.)

CHANGING OF THE GUARD--  Bob Dylan
MISS YOU--  Rolling Stones
TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD--  Meatloaf

BYE BYE LOVE--  Cars
BAKER STREET--  Gerry Rafferty
WHENEVER I CALL YOU FRIEND--  Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks

ON TOP OF THE WORLD--  Cheap Trick   Pride and joy of Rockford, Illinois.
CHAMPAGNE JAM--  Atlanta Rhythm Section
ROLL WITH THE CHANGES--  REO Speedwagon    Pride and joy of Champaign, Illinois

DRIFTWOOD--  Moody Blues
FEEL LIKE A NUMBER--  Bob Seger
KING TUT--  Steve Martin   Wild and Cra--zee Guy!!

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Well, Another Crazy Day, You'll Drink the Night Away."  Answer below.   --RoadDog

HOW COME:  Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blu-Ray?  I don't want to have to restart my collection.


"Baker Street"

Going Back to Summer 1978-- Part 9: "Feeling That Way/Anytime"

That's right, 40 Years Ago.

FEELING THAT WAY--  Journey
ANYTIME--  Journey   Is there any deejay who has never played these two songs back-to-back?

LOVE WILL FIND A WAY--  Pablo Cruise
WITH A LITTLE LUCK--  Paul McCartney & Wings
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER--  Talking Heads

ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG--  Billy Joel    What about those Catholic girls?
LISTEN TO HER HEART--  Tom Petty
AIN'T TALKING ABOUT LOVE--  Van Halen

LIFE'S BEEN GOOD--  Joe Walsh

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "We Can Make This Whole Damn Thing Work Out."   Answer below.  --RoadDog


"With A Little Luck"

Going Back to the Summer of 1978-- Part 7: "Miss You"

These were songs playing on the radio or on your stereo on July 8, 1978.

KING TUT--  Steve Martin
MISS YOU--  Rolling Stones
FAR AWAY EYES--  Rolling Stones

FOLLOW YOU, FOLLOW ME--  Genesis
THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND--  Andrew Gold
PEG--  Steely Dan

HEARTLESS--  Heart
STILL THE SAME--  Bob Seger
WEREWOLVES OF LONDON--  Warren Zevon

PUMP IT UP--  Elvis Costello
DOUBLEVISION--  Foreigner
AT THE STATION--  Joe Walsh

Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Now When he Was a Young man, He Never Thought He'd See."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"King Tut"

Going Back to Summer 1978, 40 Years Ago-- Part 6: "With A Little Luck"

BAKER STREET--  Gerry Rafferty
TIME FOR ME TO FLY--  REO Speedwagon
WITH A LITTLE LUCK--  Paul McCartney

DELIVER YOUR CHILDREN--  Paul McCartney
COUNT ON ME--  Starship
SURRENDER--  Cheap Trick

STEPPIN' IN A SLIDE ZONE--  Moody Blues
RUNNING ON EMPTY--  Jackson Browne
DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN--  Bruce Springsteen

WHEEL IN THE SKY--  Journey
CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS--  Todd Rundgren
POINT OF KNOW RETURN--  Kansas

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Well, Another Crazy Day.  You Drank the Night Away."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

YOU KNOW THE COMPUTER BELONGS TO A REDNECK WHEN:  There is deer jerky in the desk drawer.


"Baker Street"

Going Back to Summer '78-- Part 4: "Dust In the Wind"

These songs are 40 years old.  Time flies.

These are songs that would be on the radio or on your stereo back in June 1978.

DUST IN THE WIND--  Kansas
THERE'S NO WAY OUT OF HERE--  David Gilmour
WHEEL IN THE SKY--  Journey

IMAGINARY LOVER--  Atlanta Rhythm Section
A ROCK 'N ROLL FANTASY--  Kinks
CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS--  Todd Rundgren

PROVE IT ALL NIGHT--  Bruce Springsteen
RIGHT DOWN THE LINE--  Gerry Rafferty   On of my all-time favorites.

Bob Stroud will be playing Summer Songs from 7 to 10 a.m. this Sunday on WDRV.  He will also be doing parts 2-4 of Summer 1978 around the second Sunday of July, August and September.  It streams so give a listen.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Winter Is Here Again Oh Lord."  Answer below.  --RoadDog



"Wheel In the Sky"

Going Back to Summer '78--Part 3: "Son Of A Son Of A Son Of A Sailor"

That's right, 40 years ago right now, these songs would be playing in your radio or on your stereo turntable.

KING TUT--  Steve Martin   Ya gotta love this song.
LISTEN TO HER HEART--  Tom Petty
SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR--  Jimmy Buffett

WEREWOLVES OF LONDON--  Warren Zevon   We had different words to the song during our teacher strike in 1994.  It wasn't too nice to the administration and school board.
FM (NO STATIC AT ALL)--  Steely Dan    From the movie of the same name.
SWEET TALKIN' WOMAN--  ELO

EVERY KINDA PEOPLE--  Robert Palmer
STONE BLUE--  Foghat
SURRENDER--  Cheap Trick

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Walking Through The Streets of SoHo In the Rain."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

TRANSLATING PROJECT TERMS:  They say:  Major technological breakthrough.  That really means:  Back to the drawing board.

"Werewolves of London"

Going Back to the Summer of 1978-- Part 1: "Heartless"

Every summer Bob Stroud devotes 4 of his weekly (every Sunday) Rock and Roll Roots programs to the songs playing on the radio or on your stereos from the summer 40 year before.  He plays one show each month June to September, usually the second Sunday of each month.

So, these are the songs playing on your radio or on your stereo for June 10, 1978.

Fifty Years Ago, You Know.

RUNNING ON EMPTY--  Jackson Browne
ON THE RADIO--  Cheap Trick    The pride and joy of Rockford, Illinois.
COUNT ON ME--  Jefferson Starship  Definitely not our old Jefferson Airplane.  By the wat, did you know that the term Jefferson Airplane referred to smoking marijuana?

LIGHTS--  Journey
SAY YOU LOVE ME OR SAY GOODBYE--  REO Speedwagon  The pride and joy of Champagne, Illinois
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE--  Billy Joel

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "And The Sun Shines On The Bay."  answer below.  --RoadDog

CUSTOMER GUIDE TO SUPERMARKET CHECKOUT:  Feel free to ask your checker anything you like.  How to prepare tonight's meal is a good question.  They'll know.

"Lights"

1978 Songs That Almost, But Never Did, make it to #1-- Part 2

14.  THIS TIME I'M IN IT FOR LOVE--  Player  #10
13.  BAKER STREET--  Gerry Rafferty  #2  (One of my all-time favs.)
12.  IT'S A HEARTACHE--  Bonnie Tyler  #3

11.  LOVE IS LIKE OXYGEN--  Sweet  #8
10.  LAST DANCE--  Donna Summer  #3  (I ended more than a few deejay jobs with this song.)
9.  HOT BLOODED--  Foreigner  #3  DOUBLE VISION--  Foreigner  #2
8.  AN EVERLASTING LOVE--  Andy Gibb  #5

7.  HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU--  Olivia Newton-John  #3 // SUMMER NIGHTS--  Olivia Newton-John and John "Barbarino" Travolta  #5
6.  REMINISCING--  Little River Band  #3
5.  BEAST OF BURDEN--  Rolling Stones  #8
4.  I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE (DISCO ROUND)--  Alicia Bridges  #5

3.  SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER--  Dr. Hook  #6
2.  YMCA--  Village People  #2  (I could not even imagine how many times I played this song while deejaying.
1.  HOLD THE LINE--  Toto  #5

Some of these songs did make #1 on other charts, though.  The songs are listed chronologically when they first appeared on the 1978 charts.  When artists had two such hits, the first one appears in front.

Some Good Stuff, Not #1.  --RoadDog


SIGNS OF OLD AGE:  Relatives smile benignly rather than interrupt you as you retell the same story for the zillionth time.

1978 Songs That Almost, But Never Made It, to #1-- Part 1

From the June 21, 2013, Yahoo! Music List of the Day "1978-- Missed It By This Much!  Top Ten Hits That Never Made It to #1" by Rob O'Connor.

As secret agent Don Adams would say.

These 25 songs from 1978 made the Top Ten, but never to that big #1 spot.  Positions according to Billboard.

25.  WE WILL ROCK YOU/  WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS--  Queen #4
24.  COME SAIL AWAY--  Styx #8
23.  JUST THE WAY YOU ARE--  Billy Joel #3 and   MY LIFE--  Billy Joel #3
22.  SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH--  Dan Hill #3

21.  EMOTION--  Samantha Sang #3
20.  LAY DOWN SALLY--  Eric Clapton #7
19.  I GO CRAZY-- Paul Davis #7
18.  CAN'T SMILE WITHOUT YOU--  Barry Manilow #3  COPACABANA (AT THE COPA)--  Barry Manilow #8  (My favorite Manilow song.  Just try not to sing it when you hear it.)

17.  THUNDER ISLAND--  Jay Ferguson #9
16.  DUST IN THE WIND--  Kansas #6
15.  FEELS SO GOOD--Chuck Magione #4  (WGN radio played this one to death.)

"Her Name Was Lola..."  --RoadDog

Where Were You December 9, 1978?-- Part 2

Continuing with the songs on the radio from back then.

MAGNET AND STEEL--  WALTER EGAN--  With help from Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks on backing vocals.  He's got such a great Southern Californian vibe down to that sort of Surf Guitar  break in there.  (I always thought the background singers sounded familiar.)
MY LIFE--  BILLY JOEL-- 

RIGHT DOWN THE LINE--  GERRY RAFFERTY--  (One of my favorites.  Formerly with Stealer's Wheel.)
REMINISCING--  LITTLE RIVER BAND--  One of a handful of big bands to come out of Australia.

STRAIGHT ON--  HEART--  From Dog and Butterfly (And included in all of their many, many, many greatest hits compilations.)
KISS YOU ALL OVER-- EXILE--  (A Dirty Country song cracking the charts.)

WHO ARE YOU--  WHO--  Title track.  First Christmas without drummer Keith Moon.)
WHENEVER I CALL YOU FRIEND--  KENNY LOGGINS AND STEVIE NICKS--  From his new solo album Night Watch.  (Stevie's spreading her wings from the Mac.)

HOT CHILD IN THE CITY--  NICK GILDER--  #1 in Chicago.  A one-hit wonder.

Bonus Track

JUST ONE LOOK--  LINDA RONSTADT--  from that Living in the USA album.

Wonder What That Hot Child Was Doing in the City?  --RoadDog


WHAT SHE SAYS AND WHAT SHE MEANS:  I need new shoes. = The other 40 pairs are simply the wrong shoes.

Where Were You December 8, 1978-- Part 1

We jump ahead ten years to 1978, 34 years ago.  I was teaching 7th and 8th graders at Magee Middle School in Round Lake, Illinois.  We were living in Round Lake Beach, Illinois, at the corner of Morningside and Beverly.  Back then, we had some really great neighbors and partied with them a lot, even bowling.  Liz was a first grade teacher at Beach Elementary in Round Lake Beach, so we didn't have far to drive to get to work.

Anyway, these were the songs playing on WLS and WCFL and other stations.

HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS--  BOB SEGER--   Back in 1968, a new artist was about to break into our radios (with "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man), his name Bob Seger.  Ten years later, we were more than familiar with him.
ALIVE AGAIN--  CHICAGO--  With some firsts.    First time an album isn't called Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority or a Roman numeral.  This one's called Hot Streets and it's the first time without Terry Kapp who had died in 1977.  Their new guitarist is Donny Dakus.  First single release.

BLUE COLLAR MAN--  STYX--  From the album Pieces of Eight.  (These last two songs by Chicago groups.)
BACK IN THE USA--  LINDA RONSTADT--  From Living in the USA.

DOUBLE VISION--  FOREIGNER--  Their second album.
BEAST OF BURDER--  ROLLING STONES--  From Some Girls.

Can Anyone sing more gravelly than Bob?  --RoadDog


WHAT SHE SAYS AND WHAT SHE MEANS:  I want new curtains. = I want new curtains, new carpeting, new furniture, new wallpaper....